IN A NUTSHELL
ANN i ARIES. 1530 Cardinal Wolsey died. 1840.--Lusi convict ship arrived at Sydney. 1852.—Duke of Wellington buried at St. Paul’s, 105.—Colonial Bank closed; business transferred to Bank of New Zealand. 1003.—State Fire Insurance Act passed. 1006.—Death of Hon. Col. Pitt. 1906.—80mb outrage at St. Peter’s, Rome. 1917.—Death of General Maude in Mesopotamia. The Bucharest correspondent of the ‘ Daily Express ’ reports _ that Maria Ustav has died at Carcalieu, in Dobrnja, at the age of 135. Eighty-two grandchildren and great-grandchildren attended her funeral. Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society. Dewars Imperial is the highest degree of perfection in whisky There are about 1,000 building societies in Britain, with over 1,000,000 members on their Hooks. ' ’ In one brickyard in the North-east of England 5.000.000 bricks, can bo produced every twelve months. Fog alone is stated to have no appreciable effect on the death rate from re-sniratory diseases. In Russia there are several farms where horses are'bred for making violin bows from their bair.
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Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 1
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166IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 1
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